overview

Braindumping tldr's from random books that peak my interest.

why empires fall

• Ambitious clans (families or groups) in a small region seizing opportunities from the empire to expedite economic growth
• successful empires must be unified under common legal financial and cultural constructs
• After wwii new orgs like nato was created to unite the world with common western values
• Rome slowly crippled bc it operated outside its formal borders and imported more than it exported
• As it grew it was harder to control. Increased cultural heterogeneity in surrounding regions